Arc 1: Age 14
Chapter 1: Sailor Nova, Awakens!

One year after the kind, elderly Kyoko took Reina in, she had been living a good life and after some time Reina had decided that she wanted to be adopted and Kyoko wasted no time to get everything in order which eventually, the young girl was adopted and took the last name 'Minasaki'. As for Reina, she couldn't be happier as she spent her days with her, helping her around the house or learning what she could from her and on other days finally attending school.

Reina sat up on the bed as she woke up, stretched and looked around her room a small smile on her face and while she wanted to stay at home, she began to change for school. School was always a boring place for her to be in mostly because she had no friends, mostly anyone she talked to her wouldn't want to be her friend and it was strange for her, she just didn't understand why. So she spent her days alone in school, she even ate lunch alone and she had been getting a small reputation of being a weird kid because she was so quiet.

Her voice was rarely heard in school and the only person who ever her heard her soft voice was her mother Kyoko. Once Reina finished changing she began her walk down the hall and the smell of delicious pancakes and sausages was in the air. Kyoko had quickly discovered Reina's favorite dishes and prepped them before school and when she would come back.

"Hey mom." Reina sat at the table as Kyoko served her food.

"Good morning my sweet child." She said with a very sweet voice, and as for Kyoko, She couldn't be happier to have Reina by her side and it further gave her the will to keep going on in life now that she was no longer alone and she was sure Reina felt better about having a mother.

Reina enjoyed her breakfast and after having finished it, she hugged her mother, not wanting to let go but she did, "I'll be back later!" she waved at her as she closed the door behind her and left to school.

Reina sat in front of her desk as she listened to the teacher drone on and on, almost wanting to fall asleep but kept herself from doing so. Though she couldn't complain too much, she was doing well in school and all she wanted was to just go home especially since she had no one to talk to her, and sometimes she would hear a few whispers talking about the weird red head not that she minded… she's heard it all already.

The only times she ever even spoke in class was when the teacher would pair up the students and she had to communicate with her partner or if she was in a group assignment, then her voice would be heard but other than that, she was quiet throughout the day.

Class broke out for lunch and just as any other day, she sat alone and ate alone, often times getting a few stares from passing kids and Reina didn't really understand why everyone thought she was weird… it was so strange to her.

Time passed by and it was time to finally head home and Reina would usually walk back home, using the time to think about her day or other random things. The one most thing in her mind was that, she just couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to her then she thought, she felt as if she was always meant for more but her question was… what was it?

It didn't help that she's begun to have strange dreams… in her dreams, she would sometimes see a foggy area and in the distance was a strange kingdom followed by many shadowed figures and while she couldn't make out anything distinct, they were in fact girls. In her dreams she would sometimes by following around this woman… and then she'd wake up, leaving her more confused then anything.

"Ah just forget it.." she sighed to herself and kept walking, the more she thought about it the more it gave her a headache.

As she kept walking however something happened that she was not prepared for… she heard the horrified scream of a woman and upon looking ahead, she saw many people running for their lives and her heart began to beat faster. Part of her wanted to run, to get away and not even bother but… her curiosity began to get the better of her and she broke into a jog to reach the corner and see what was going on. The corner of the block felt like ages as she jogged over, and her heart was pounding in her chest as a feeling of fear washed over her but when she turned the corner however… what she saw took her by surprise.

There was a monster… an actual monster!

It was a strange beast, bipedal and had a furry body, and almost like a lion main around its head and its arms or rather its fingers were razor sharp claws and it flashed its fangs at the woman just about to strike.

Reina gave an involuntary gasp as she stumbled back and accidentally kicking an empty can which… snapped the monsters attention to Reina, letting the woman run away.

The red head froze as she watched the beast making its way to her, she felt tears welling up in her eyes… was this how she was going to die, she just wanted to tell herself how stupid she was for even coming here. But the foremost thought in her mind was how devastated her mother would be and she didn't want that for her… no it just couldn't end this way.

The monster broke into a sprint and closed the distance quick, then went in for the kill and Reina watched it all happen, almost like in slow motion and she waited for those claws to cut into her…

That moment felt like an eternity as she waited for the claws to strike her but then something happened... a bright light erupted in front of Reina, which blinded her and at the same time repelled the beast back and the moment Reina looked in front of her she saw the beast trying to get up as it seemed to have been blinded by the light as well.

"W-what was that!?" she said in a panicked tone, she shook her head, she didn't want to question it because she just wanted to leave now that she had the chance.

The moment she stepped back, she felt something under her foot, "huh?" she looked down and saw something strange, it was a strange looking pen on the ground and she picked it up. it was glossy in nature, a deep jade color and a small orb on the top with the motif of a star, "What is this…?" she looked at it and just as she said those words, she heard voices in her head speaking all at once, "W-wha!?"
"...Nova..."
"Star..."
"...Power..."
"...Make-Up..."

The voices didn't stop, they continued muttering those words and they seemed to echo in her mind, and while she was scared, those voices seemed… somewhat familiar to her but she didn't even know from where. However, during those words repeating in her head she managed to pick up something and looking at her pen, something made her want to say it as she held it or rather scream it out.

She slowly lifted the pen in the sky, "Nova Star Power! Make-Up!" Then something happened that she never would have expected, her body was surrounded in a neon green energy sphere, "W-what the hell!?" Then as she twirled around, a deep blue uniform appeared on her body followed by a deep green skirt and collar, elbow length blue gloves and green boots with a white choker and pearl white ribbons with a green brooch on her chest and a ribbon on the back of her skirt.

Reina was stunned for a moment, she just couldn't believe what just happened and why did this happen!? She quickly began to look herself over and was just shocked to see how she changed though her train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the mindless beast roaring.

The monster ran up to her in a hurry, and began to swipe at her, "Waah!" she fell on her butt and dodged its claws and it continued to attack her and she continued to dodge it, she could almost feel those claws come within inches of her. She's never done anything like this in her life and her heart was beating a million miles a second as she tried her best to not get hurt and it only managed to slice her ribbon on her chest slightly.

She backed up against a wall with nowhere else to go and the beast seemed to give a grin as it rushed at her, claws ready to cut her. However… as she watched it run at her, voices began to go off in her head and she clutched her head, voices speaking all at once and she could swear they were saying… Burst wall…

She shook her head and saw the creature about to strike when she held her hand out and concentrated, "Burst Wall!" a wall made of pure energy erupted from her hand and stopped the creatures movement and it roared in annoyance.

"W-what!?" she stared at her ability as the creature continued to slash at it, "W-what the hell is going on!?" she just didn't understand how she was able to do this, or why… but one thing was certain, was that this power was helping her.

Though she didn't know what made her do it, but there was a feeling deep within her that told her to clench her fist and when she did, the wall exploded into pieces which knocked the monster back, but that wasn't all. The energy had turned into millions of small particles of energy which then bombarded the monster, each particle exploding on impact, sending dust and smoke everywhere which left Reina in awe.

Once the smoke cleared, the monster was still alive but wounded and it would not stop as it roared at her, "y-you're kidding, even after that!?"

With a sudden burst, it dashed at her and struck her but its claws missed and it only swatted her away and she tumbled on the ground, "Gah!" she came to a rolling stop and she quickly scampered back to her feet and the monster charged at her again.

"w-what do I do now!?"

The beast tackled her again, and she hit the ground but rolled back up, just avoiding its claws as it impaled the ground, and her blood froze seeing those claws so deep into the pavement.

The voices spoke again… it was strange, it was a feminine voice but she couldn't quite tell who it was, "Who are you!?" she thought out loud but whatever it was didn't respond, only repeated a phrase as if it were a tape recorder and almost showed her what she should do as it said… Supernova…

The monster jumped at her as she looked at it and she extended her hand, as it glowed with a cyan colored energy then what happened next surprised her… it was trapped in an energy sphere, and she stared in wonder and in shock. The beast pounded away at its cage but was unable to even crack it, and she wasted no time anymore as she focused and repeated the phrase.

"SUPERNOVA!"

Then something happened, within the sphere a violent explosion took place as the whole city block rumbled and shook, gusts of air made her close her eyes as she looked away and had it not been for the sphere to contain the attack, it would have been much worse for the city.

Shortly after, the supernova came to a stop and she released the sphere as nothing but dust and small rocks fell to the ground. She looked up and saw that the beast or whatever it was… gone, disintegrated. Her hands shook slightly… while it was trying to kill her, she'd never taken a life before and she had killed a living thing and she clenched her shaking hands.

However something else came to mind… she defeated the monster with magical powers, did that mean she was a hero of sorts? Is this what heroes have to do? She asked herself many questions like this and came to realize… this city was in need of a hero.

She recalled watching the news at night, talking about mysterious attacks and many people getting injured by monsters. It was always the same, people on the ground injured and all describing the same thing, a monster had come and attacked them, and it was getting worse as more monsters had begun to show up.

She was lucky she'd never run into them before and stayed at home but if she was granted these powers then… then perhaps, she could be that hero, the one that saves people and stops the monsters. Of course she had to admit, the thought alone was terrifying considering what she just faced and would have to face many more… could she do this? Would she even be able to handle it?

"Whoa did you all see that!?" a small child rushed forward, "You were really cool!" he said with a very excited grin.

"Yea you were! We saw the whole fight!" another child said, "We heard the explosions and saw you fighting!"

"I never knew we had a superhero in our city." A calmer young girl said as she looked at her, "Are you here to save us."

"Of course she is, didn'cha here the news, monsters have been showin' up and she musta heard and came here, right?" He asked with that same excited smile.

Though she didn't say anything other than smile… what could she say, this was all to new to her and she was mostly just surprised.

"Hey… what's your name?" The small girl asked Reina.

Reina hesitated for a moment… "My name?" She was about to say her real name when like a flash of lightning, it rushed into her mind, and she had no idea where this came from but with a confident smile she said…

"Sailor Nova."